Christina Rossetti by A.C. Benson
Christina Rossetti was a British poet and writer who lived during the 19th century. She is best known for her poetry, which often deals with themes of love, death, and spirituality. Some of her most famous works include "Goblin Market" and "The Prince's Progress." Benson's book on Rossetti provides a detailed analysis of her life and work, offering insights into her literary style and historical context.
By A.C. Benson · First published 1930 · Genre: Biography, Non-fiction, Literary Criticism · 7,128 words
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FEW poetical writers lived more consistently in the shadow of death than Christina Rossetti. There was a certain taint of doom about her writings from the first, and something of the hollow-eyed listlessness of low vitality, that characterises the artistic work of the school to which she primarily belonged, is never absent for very long together from her writings. There is extant a portrait of her at about the age of thirty-six, by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which will be familiar to many of my readers. After subtracting from it the languorous mannerism of the artist, there remains in the wide, pathetic eyes, the wistful uplifting of the eyebrows and the depressed curves of the stately mouth something dreary and uncomforted about the whole aspect.
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- Work type: Essay
- Author: A.C. Benson
- Date: 1930 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Biography, Non-fiction, Literary Criticism, History
- Length: 7,128 words
- Structure: 1 section, 82 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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